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 So, what do we make of that?
 
-Well, we lose time. We lose energy. We lose the chance to debate something that actually matters.
+Well, we lose time. We lose energy. We lose the opportunity to debate something that actually matters.
 
 Instead of clarifying what’s in doubt, we burn ourselves arguing over what everyone already knows — or should know.
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Or if you prefer: those who listen, not just those who speak. Those who observe,
 
 You see the point. What matters is not self-expression, but engagement. Not just broadcasting, but absorbing, comparing, weighing.
 
-And here’s the problem: you cannot engage, you cannot keep focus, when millions of people are all writing, speaking, acting at the same time.
+And here’s the problem: you cannot engage, you cannot keep focus, when millions of people are all writing, speaking, performing at the same time.
 
 That’s not exchange. That’s not civic debate. That’s overflow — where meaning collapses under the weight of noise.
 
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 **Interlude: Why the MockForum Exists**
 
-Before I started Indroduction to CIVICVS, you saw the MockForum rolling by. That wasn’t just comic relief. It’s a miniature of the Massively Populous Public Platform—the place where format differences make no difference. Everything flattens into the same scrolling strip, and the result is predictable.
+Before I started Introduction to CIVICVS, you saw the MockForum rolling by. That wasn’t just comic relief. It’s a miniature of the Massively Populous Public Platform—the place where format differences make no difference. Everything flattens into the same scrolling strip, and the result is predictable.
 
-First, **pretenders**. People speak with certainty outside their lane—HOA law from a non-lawyer, lottery math from a storyteller, database admin from a thecnophobe. The platform has no built-in way to attach *competence* to a claim. Volume substitutes for proof.
+First, **pretenders**. People speak with certainty outside their lane—HOA law from a non-lawyer, lottery math from a storyteller, database admin from a technophobe. The platform has no built-in way to attach *competence* to a claim. Volume substitutes for proof.
 
 Second, **context drift**. We begin with a trash dispute and, three replies later, we’re optimizing lottery strategies, then selling 3D prints. Not because anyone resolved the first issue, but because attention rewards novelty over closure. Every detour is a fresh dopamine hit, and the original question dies offscreen.
 
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 Alphabet writes: *“We provide a range of viewpoints.”*
 That sounds like debate, doesn’t it? Healthy disagreement, freedom of expression.
 
-But in practice, what do we see? Not debate — but whiteDministrators noise. Billions of uploads, millions of voices — with little structure or exchange, and rarely any civic value you can act on. A flood so overwhelming that testimony drowns before it’s even heard.
+But in practice, what do we see? Not debate — but white noise. Billions of uploads, millions of voices — with little structure or exchange, and rarely any civic value you can act on. A flood so overwhelming that testimony drowns before it’s even heard.
 
 Here’s another line: *“Our policies evolved during the pandemic.”*
 Sounds adaptive, flexible, responsible.
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 This is the pattern. Safe-sounding phrases that feel reasonable, even obvious — until you examine them closely. Then you see the civic injury behind the language.
 
-That’s what a Civic Analyst does. Separates what matters from the rest. Cuts through the safe-sounding phrases, finds the truth, then stops. And then we move on. No pile-ons, no dunking. Read, extract, stop.
+That’s what a Civic Analyst does. Separates what matters from the rest. Cuts through the safe-sounding phrases, finds the truth, then stops. No pile-ons, no dunking, no entrenching and defending. Read, extract, stop. Then Civic Analyst moves on to the next topic.
 
 Not every word matters. But every motivation does.